Trump's Ex-Lawyer Could Reveal His "Lies, Racism And Cheating"

Celia Watts

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer and problem fixer, arrived in Congress on Tuesday for a closed-door hearing in which he was expected to detail his ex-boss's alleged law-breaking and questionable business practices.

Such testimony would mark the first time Cohen accused Trump of criminal conduct while serving as president.

Cohen is also set to be questioned by the Senate and House intelligence committees on Tuesday and Thursday, but those sessions will take place behind closed doors.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders attempted to discredit Cohen in a statement on Tuesday, calling him a "disgraced felon", "laughable" and "pathetic". The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to describe Cohen's expected testimony.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee plan to publicly question Cohen about Trump's personal finances, including the payments to women, as well as alleged efforts by Trump and his lawyers to intimidate Cohen to try to keep him from testifying.

Cohen had been scheduled to speak to the three committees earlier this month, but rescheduled all of those appearances for different reasons.

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The accusations are related to the hush-money payment Cohen facilitated to the porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an affair she says she had with Trump, which Trump denies. Cohen is expected to outline in gory detail just how much of a role Trump played in the episode both before and after becoming President of the United States.

He said he needed to recover from surgery and also was concerned about what he considered to be threats to his family from Trump and the president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani. On Tuesday, he goes behind closed doors for a talk with the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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